MUMBAI: BEST witnessed a drop of 70% in ridership during the weekend lockdown as commuters reduced drastically in the red buses while the fleet was also reduced by 23%.
The ridership fell to its lowest in the past ten months -- 7.6 lakh riders in buses on Saturday.
The BEST operated a fleet of 1,552 own buses, 1,100 wet leased buses and 669 MSRTC buses. “On Saturday evening, we ran 1,283 BEST buses, 1,097 wet leased buses and 642 buses which were provided by MSRTC on lease in Mumbai,†BEST spokesperson said, adding that the fleet had dropped to around 1,900 buses on Sunday.